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A. G. PONKNEY.

COMBINATION TOOL. No. 591,689. Patented 009. 12,1897.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

AUGUST 0. PONKNEY, OF COTULLA, TEXAS.

COMBINATION-TOOL.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 591,689, dated October 12, 1897. Application filed July 13,1897. Serial No. 644,455. (No model.)

To aZZ whom it may concern: Be it known that I, AUGUST 0. PONKNEY, citizen of the United States, residing at C0- tulla, in the county of La Salle and State of Texas, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Combination-Tools; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

My invention relates to improvements in combination-tools; and its object is to provide a simple and effective tool designed especially for wire-fence working and combining in a single implement a hatchet, nail-claw, staplepuller, wire kinker or twister, and wire-cutter.

To the accomplishment of this end the invention consists in the novel constructions and combinations of parts hereinafter more fully described, and particularly pointed out in the appended claim.

In the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, Figure 1 is a perspective view of the tool, and Fig. 2 a top plan view of the same. 1

Referring now more particularly to the accompanyin g drawings, the letter A designates the to0l,which is constructed of two sections or members B 0, each formed with a handle B 0, each provided adjacent its inner end with an enlargement d (1', through which a bolt e passes and pivotally unites said members. The section B is formed at its inner end with a hatchet-blade F and its fellow section with a hammer-head G, provided with a rearwardly-projecting claw g for the extraction of nails. The intermediate pivot enlargement at d extends at an angle relatively to the handle and hatchet-blade of the section B and handle and head of the section 0 and constitutes the connection between said parts, so that whereas the handle of the former member has position above the handle of the latter member the positions of the head and hatchet parts are reversed, as will be readily understood.

The blade F and hammer-head G are provided with claws h h, and in rear thereof with semicircular recesses i i, which in conj unction form a transverse circular opening when said parts are closed or abutting. By means of these claws and recesses staples may be extracted from a fence-post with ease and facility and without bending or otherwise injuring them.

The hammer-head and blade are also provided immediately in rear of the staple-extractor and between the same and the pivot enlargements cl (1 with shallow transverselyextending semicircular recesses jj, forming in conjunction a circular opening of less diameter than the opening formed by the recesses 'i 2". These recesses are adapted to receive one or more strands of wire when it is desired to clamp the same between the blade and hammer-head for the purpose of holding, twisting, or drawing on the wire to take up the slack therein.

The pivot enlargement d d of each section of the tool is provided with a diagonally-projecting notch k is, respectively, the edges of the said enlargement being beveled or sharpened to form cutters. Norma1lythat is, when the two sections of the tool are closed the adjoining notches of each pivot enlargement are out of line or coincidence. By opening the sections, however, said notches may be brought into alinement and a wire laid therein crosswise of the tool, and then by closing the two tool-sections the wire may be quickly and conveniently cut.

. Tools of this character are ordinarily constructed. for cheapness of cast metal, chilled or case-hardened at the cutting edge and other operative parts, and on account of danger of fracture it is of the greatest importance that an operative structure be provided in which the weakest portions of the tool are protected from the heavier strains, such as are produced in hammering and chopping. To this end I makethe hatchet-blade F and hammer-head G comparatively heavy and their meeting edges broad and horizontal, so as to abut squarely against each other and practically 'form a continuous blade and hammer member. The comparatively thin vertical pivot enlargements cl d are also disposed in rear of the blade and hammer-head and are connected therewith by necks Z. By this construction a strong and durable tool is provided, which can be used for cutting or hammering without danger of bending, breaking, or otherwise injuring the parts, and the relation of parts is such that the pivot-bolt and the pivot enlargements are protected from undue strain, which is sustained directly by the stronger hammer-head and blade members.

By the construction of the tool herein described it will be seen that I have provided a simple and effective device which may be manufactured at a comparatively small cost,

vwhile adapted to serve the combined purposes blade F, and the latter a hammer-head G,

having a rearwardly-projecting nail-claw g, said hatchet-blade and hammer-head having broadhorizontal meeting ends adapted tosquarely abut against each other and provided with the duplicate claws h, h, the semi circular recesses 7; and the shallow transverse recesses j, j located midway thereof, a. vertical pivot enlargement d, clon eachhandle in rear of said hammer-head and hatchetblade and connected therewith by the necks land provided with the diagonal beveled-edge notches 70, 70 disposed immediately below said claw g, and a pivot 6 passed through said pivot enlargements and uniting the two sections of the tool, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

AUGUST 0. PONKNEY. Witnesses:

S. T. Down, A. ARMSTRONG, J r. 

